Bible Dictionaries
Farewell

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.

(2):

(a.) Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow.

(3):

(n.) A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.

(4):

(interj.) Go well; good-by; adieu; - originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Farewell'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/farewell.html. 1828.